MADD Cannabis Report

The Cannabis Report: AMERICA’S PERCEPTION ON CONSUMPTION & ROAD RISK

Survey Conducted February 2020 Released September 2020 Mothers Against Drunk Driving ®

AMANDA HILL

MADD DEDICATES THIS REPORT TO AMANDA, DENISE AND ED, THE ENTIRE HILL FAMILY, AND TO ALL THE VICTIMS OF THE 100 PERCENT PREVENTABLE CRIMES OF DRUNK AND DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING.

I n June 2018, Amanda Hill was hit head on by a driver high on marijuana. She was 24 years old. Amanda loved life and was very kind and compassionate. Amanda was a talented veterinary technician and loved working with exotic animals. She had a bright future ahead of her, having recently completed an internship at the Denver Zoo. At home, she had her own little zoo consisting of a chinchilla, hedgehog, parrot, bunny, sugar gliders and cats. Amanda’s mother, Denise, shared these thoughts. “Our family understands all too well the impact of drug-impaired driving.

Our beautiful daughter lost her life due to the injuries she sustained in that horrific crash. That one decision to drive impaired changed many lives that fateful day. She was a cherished daughter and loved sister, and has many friends and family that mourn her loss.” After working with MADD, Denise and Amanda’s father, Ed, have become powerful advocates for stricter laws surrounding marijuana use while operating a vehicle and participated in MADD Colorado’s drugged driving prevention campaigns in 2019 and 2020. We will be forever grateful to Denise, Ed, and the Hill family for dedicating their lives to saving others in memory of Amanda.

IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY DRUNK OR DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING, MADD IS HERE TO HELP. VICTIM/SURVIVOR 24-HOUR HELP LINE 877-MADD-HELP (877-623-3435)

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A lot has changed in the 40 years since MADD’s founding. MADD succeeded in our push for every state to enact a .08 BAC limit, passed laws requiring ignition interlocks for all drunk driving offenders in 34 states, and D.C., and educated over 1.1 million youth and parents about the dangers of underage drinking. Tragically, a lot has not changed. Each year, more than 10,000 people are killed and 300,000 are injured in drunk driving crashes. And the evidence is mounting that drivers are increasingly impaired by drugs other than alcohol, including marijuana. We have so much more work to do. In 2015, MADD expanded our mission to include fighting drug- impaired driving, reflecting our commitment and long history of serving victims of both drunk and drugged driving. MADD created a Drugged Driving Task Force with key law enforcement, traffic safety, and research experts to study the potential effects of marijuana legalization, the national opioid crisis, and the prevalence of prescription drugs could have on impaired driving. The task force

learned from these experts that proven tools to combat drunk driving, such as high-visibility law enforcement by specially trained officers, will prevent tragedies caused by drug-impaired driving. We also learned that there is so much more to learn. We need more research, more >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20

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